~!~ If Runescape had a sky... ~!~

[headshot007111]

I was just reading through the 'Postbag from the Hedge', and I saw the picture of the void knight on the pest control island. I always imagined the pest control place to be sunny and happy looking lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In my honest opinion, i think if jagex added a sky to runescape (just like in wow, and other games) it would be the best update ever. I know that it wont be easy, but it would be awesome lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sky can totally change the atmosphere of a place. Just like it changed my view of the pest control island, and what about wilderness?? Is it actually always night?

[Ghost-Knigth]

Could be kinda cool actually, yes. If it were night then you could sneak upon people in wildy! :P And a new skill could be added in addittion to this.:D

[Cryptogram]

The darkness of the wilderness certainly adds a touch of the eerie. I think a sky would be a fantastic update, but with the current method of viewing the world, we would never see it. Funny thing is, when using the sextant in the wildy, the sky is always blue in that, and the sun is always out...

[Freesia]

Since the wildy is like a barren wasted land, the sky should be like of a red colour and there should not be any rain at all in wildy..

[highlanders]

Lol yes, it would look great. But they would need to change the camera view.

 

 

 

Beh, jagex is probably too lazy to do that, we know it.

[Celestrana]

I don't think a sky would be difficult to create. It can be a flat, animated image on a background layer that replaces the black when you move your camera angle to the ground view instead of the top-down view where I'd imagine most players use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just don't suggest atmospheric effects like fog or rain. I don't think the 3D Java API was designed to have that in mind. Then again, I'm sure the software wizards at Jagex can figure that out. :-k

[jedidude77]

yeah, i've thought about more weather elements, but not sky, right now we only have the dessert, swamp, and ice (but the only time it effects u is in DT), they sky would be perfect, and i think cloud shadows could be on the ground making it brighter and darker in happy cities!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.s., could u look up at it and have the sun blind ur eyes?

[blouinator]

a sky, yes this would be awsome if they did this every1 would love it :)

[Gekolian]

Good idea, but requirements of the game will increase and.. can java do it? Yes I guess? Im waiting that day when u can buy rs from shops etc.. when it has MUCH better graphics etc. \

[adon1]

hmmm a sky, then i would be flying in the air :

[Japlin Chev]

I don't think they should add a sky. The colour of the terrain has always given my an impression of what the weather is like in that place.

 

 

 

e.g. Port Phasmatys is dark dull, Yannille is light/sunny....etc.

[aoe325]

Adding a sky would be nice, but they would also need to completely rewrite the way the game is rendered. And also make it so you see farther, so you dont see the land cutted by the sky when looking whith low camera angles or from mountains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would be nice but it would be very complex for them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would also upper the memory requirement for both low and high detail.

[Made0f12une]

I don't think it would be complex.. insted of having the "black fog" just put in place a nice horizon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I take that back, that would cause lots of problems..

[The Dark Lord]

lmao I use very bright for the morning, normal for the afternoon, and the very dark for night. That's ghetto, isn't it? :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah I would like a sky in RS. Maybe rain/fog if it is possible. I know they have snow already. You can go to Waterbirth for snow or the Ice Gate.

[spikerkid]

Different hunting of birds.

[-Devoted12-]

I think in the black spots when you look forward there should be a sky. I'm never going to look up ingame though, so I really wouldn't care.

[SirHartlar]

Imagine if somebody used a 99 Prayer Cape Emote, then got flown away in a gust of wind. :shock:

 

 

 

Meh could be a quick way to fly yourself to Waterbirth Island from Seers Village I 'spose. And the look on peoples faces! :XD:

[headshot007111]

Some of the sky suggestions ive heard so far are good, here are my thoughts on sky possibilites:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wildy: Dark reddish clouds, not quite night, but dark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Phastamys: Dark and cloudy, could have rain aswell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underground pass/other caves: It could have stalagmites/tites (not sure which lol) hanging from the ceiling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South morytania/barrows place: Gloomy evening, a really red/yellow sunset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jungles such as in monkey madness island and south of ogre city: You wouldnt see the whole sky, but would see the treetops and some light shining through gaps in the leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If a sky was added to RS, and the camera changed so you could look slightly up, that would in my opinion, be the best update of the year/all RS time.

[Mirror]

erkid"]Different hunting of birds.

 

 

 

Duckhunt anyone?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would be cool but I believe it wouldn't change anything. I think it is fine how it is already.

[blink182rocker]

this will most likely not ever happen being that there's no point being that you have a downward look on your character unlike other games where your looking from directly behind them

[Will H]

Umm, first person view FTW? Also, as computers become more advanced, Jagex will be able to afford to up the requirement every so often. In fact, the can double it every two years if they like. Thats how fast computers are becoming. Also, there can be varying skies, but only in certain places. The effects could perhaps be grouped:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal:

 

 

 

Sunny

 

 

 

Rain

 

 

 

Cloudy

 

 

 

Windy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilderness:

 

 

 

Red Sky (Normal)

 

 

 

Red Sky/ Storm

 

 

 

Red Sky/ Rain

 

 

 

Red Sky/ Fog

 

 

 

Red Sky/ Hail

 

 

 

Red Sky/ Hurricane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morytania:

 

 

 

Dark Sky (Normal)

 

 

 

Storm

 

 

 

Rain

 

 

 

Hail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tropical:

 

 

 

Sunny

 

 

 

Monsoon

 

 

 

Rain

 

 

 

Gale

 

 

 

Hurricane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underground:

 

 

 

Dark (Normal)

 

 

 

Dark/ Fog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mountainous:

 

 

 

Snow (Normal)

 

 

 

Snow/ Fog

 

 

 

Fog

 

 

 

Blizzard

 

 

 

Gale

 

 

 

Sunny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas:

 

 

 

Snow (Normal Areas)

 

 

 

Red Sky/ Blizzard (Wilderness)

 

 

 

Dark Sky/ Snow (Morytainia)

 

 

 

Snow (Tropical areas)

 

 

 

Dark (Normal) (Underground)

 

 

 

Blizzard (Mountainous)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween:

 

 

 

Red Sky/ Fog (Wilderness)

 

 

 

Dark/ Fog (Underground)

 

 

 

Dark Sky/ Fog (Morytainia)

 

 

 

Fog (All other areas)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...Or something to that effect. I think that it will be slightly more complex than that, but you get the idea.

[darkblob0]

it would be pretty cool to add a sky but it will probably take too much memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if they make a runescape 3 they would really need to change what the game is run on to add sugestions like this

[Huta]

This wouldn't be too hard of an update, all they have to do is add a new camera angle - through your character's eyes. There have been soooo many times I've wished I could see through the eyes of my character when fighting near a high cliff or wall (try maging near the wall at metal drags, for example).

[RoswellCrash]

Some of the sky suggestions ive heard so far are good, here are my thoughts on sky possibilites:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wildy: Dark reddish clouds, not quite night, but dark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Phastamys: Dark and cloudy, could have rain aswell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underground pass/other caves: It could have stalagmites/tites (not sure which lol) hanging from the ceiling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South morytania/barrows place: Gloomy evening, a really red/yellow sunset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jungles such as in monkey madness island and south of ogre city: You wouldnt see the whole sky, but would see the treetops and some light shining through gaps in the leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If a sky was added to RS, and the camera changed so you could look slightly up, that would in my opinion, be the best update of the year/all RS time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best update of the year :?

 

 

 

I think maybe a sky instead of the black, but why would you want to look up??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pointless update more like if you going to was time wast it on something better then a sky, this is runescape not wow :shame:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That good thing about RuneScape is its Java, no downloading or installing

 

 

 

No top of the range graphics just a solid good game, they have more time to spend on content unlike other games that have to wast time making sky -.-